blow-by-blow

blow-by-blow
adjective
providing great detail
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a blow-by-blow account of the movie

• Similar to: ↑careful

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: minutely detailed

a blow-by-blow account of the campaign

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/bloh"buy'bloh"/, adj.
1. precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
n.
2. a blow-by-blow account.
[1930-35, Amer.]

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blowˈ-by-blow adjective
(of a story or description) very detailed
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Main Entry: ↑blow

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blow-by-blow UK US adjective only before noun
a blow-by-blow account or description is extremely detailed

She insisted on giving us a blow-by-blow account of her entire trip.

Thesaurus: words used to describe descriptionshyponym to describe or define somethingsynonym

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blow-by-blow «BLOH by BLOH», adjective.
described minutely; including every detail: »

The newspapers gave a blow-by-blow account of the trial.

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adj. [attrib.] (of a description of an event) giving all the details in the order in which they occurred

he gave them a blow-by-blow account of your rescue

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/ˈbloʊbaıˈbloʊ/ adj, always used before a noun
: describing each thing that happens in a series

He gave us a blow-by-blow account/description of the meeting.


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